G7: Jean de Brienne 1150 to 12 MAR 1237
* Took part in the Fifth Crusade
* Holy King of Cypress and Jerusalem in Tyre
* Emperor of the East (Constantinople) 1231-1237
– 1209 Marie de Monserrat (Daugther of Conrad & Isabelle de Monserrat)
– Berengaria (Daugther of Alphonso IX of Castile and Leon)Jean de Brienne Wiki Page

*The link between the de Brienne’s and the following generations of Guy de Brian’s has been hard to completely establish. There are sources that state the de Brian’s of Tor Bryan, Devon, England are of relation to the de Brienne’s but often in history it is found that names alone do not correlate ancestry. Tracing a family back into a time frame where written records are non existent means you have to take their validity with some reserve.

There is also some confusion as to the actual line of Guy de Brian’s. It is accurate that they are part of this family line. The problem lies that in many historical records there are seven different Guy de Brian’s of which many of the birth dates and dates of death overlap making it hard to distinguish which were father/son and which could have been brothers.

G9: Guy de “Brienne, Brion, Brian or Bryan” (This appears to be the first Modern English Version of the name)
– Lady Jane de la Pole

G10: Guy de Brian unknown to 1307
* Baron of Talacharn
– Eva de Tracy (Daughter and heiress of Henry de Tracy)

G13: Guy De Brian (Baron Chevalier) unknown to 1390
* Admiral of the Kings Fleet 1361 (Edward III or Richard II)
* 57th Knight of the Garter
– Elizabeth De Montacute (Daughter of William de Montacue, Earl of Salisbury)

*The line as it continues past the de Brian’s and into the modern English Bryan the relationship is solid in that their record of service to the king and to their claim to Tor Bryan, Devon, England continues between the two names. The drop of the use of ‘de’ is most likely associated with a change in society whereby a person was no longer thought to be ‘of’ or ‘de’ and instead became part of the families name with out relation to their residence. So as the Bryan’s were from Tor Bryan (or town of Bryan) they were considered ‘de’ Bryan until society changed their reasoning for a persons last name.

G22: Francis Bryan III (IRL) 1630 to 1694 (IRL-Belfast)
* First Generation in the US (Virginia) 1650-1667
* In 1667 returned to Ireland to reclaim family lands & rights – Was not welcomed and fled to Denmark
* In 1683 he was permitted to return to Ireland where he lived out the rest of his life
– Sarah Brinker (Cousin of the Prince of Orange)Resources for Francis Bryan III